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Día de los Muertos

Día de los Muertos. By: Kyle Foco 2 nd Hour. How It Started. More than 500 years ago, when the Spanish Conquistadors landed in what is now Mexico, they encountered natives practicing a ritual that seemed to mock death.

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Día de los Muertos

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  1. Día de los Muertos By: Kyle Foco 2nd Hour

  2. How It Started • More than 500 years ago, when the Spanish Conquistadors landed in what is now Mexico, they encountered natives practicing a ritual that seemed to mock death. • It was a ritual the indigenous people had been practicing at least 3,000 years. A ritual the Spaniards would try unsuccessfully to eradicate.

  3. The Living Ritual • In their attempts to convert them to Catholicism, the Spaniards tried to kill the ritual. • But like the old Aztec spirits, the ritual refused to die. • To make the ritual more Christian, the Spaniards moved it so it coincided with All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day (Nov. 1 and 2), which is when it is celebrated today.

  4. The Holiday Today • Today, Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico and in certain parts of the United States and Central America. • In rural Mexico, people visit the cemetery where their loved ones are buried. They decorate gravesites with marigold flowers and candles. They bring toys for dead children and bottles of tequila to adults. They sit on picnic blankets next to gravesites and eat the favorite foodof their loved ones.

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